# How to unlink Outlook email accounts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unlink-outlook-email-accounts/775797>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 28, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unlink-outlook-email-accounts/775797 "2016-12-28T22:03:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unlink-outlook-email-accounts/775797/1 "2016-12-28T22:03:47Z")

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I’m really sorry to ask this question here but I’ve spent quite some time trying to google an answer and getting increasingly frustrated.

I have an Outlook account _(previously Hotmail)_ which has two seperate email addresses linked to the same account/inbox _(I’m sorry I don’t know the correct terminology)_, eg: [AtomicAlex@hotmail.com](mailto:AtomicAlex@hotmail.com) and [AtomicAlexFormal@Outlook.com](mailto:AtomicAlexFormal@Outlook.com).

I want to seperate these out again into two seperate email addresses with no direct connection to each other? How do I do that?

I’m using Windows 10 if that matters.

Thanks in advance 🙂

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**Author:** ![albino\_manatee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/albino_manatee/32/2_2.png) [@albino\_manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albino_manatee)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unlink-outlook-email-accounts/775797/2 "2016-12-29T13:40:26Z")

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i think they are one and the same … and to support my allegation:  
_" new users can only create @outlook.com addresses, even though both email addresses use the same email service. So as of right now, [Outlook.com](http://Outlook.com) is the official name of Microsoft’s email service, which was formerly known as Hotmail and Windows Live Hotmail "_

> **[Hotmail Is Dead! Microsoft Outlook Email Services Explained](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hotmail-no-microsoft-outlook-email-services-explained/)**
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> Stop searching for Hotmail! Microsoft Outlook email services are confusing. Here are Outlook web app, Outlook Online, and others explained.

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**Author:** ![Ornery\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unlink-outlook-email-accounts/775797/3 "2016-12-29T15:31:37Z")

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If nothing else, you could set up a filter and have everything addressed to the Hotmail account (for example) simply divert to a separate folder of it’s own instead of the Inbox. That would keep everything separate at your end.